roland sg 300

[signwizz]

has anyone seen one of these running or a demo, looking at purchasing a 30"my main board in my sp 300v died and might upgrade instead of repairing seeing how the toronto sign show is next weekend

thanks shane

 

[Solventinkjet]

I'm pretty sure they just announced these for North America so I don't think you will find a lot of people who have any experience with them yet. The machine is basically a Roland printer with Richo heads instead of Epson heads. The specs are fairly unremarkable as far as speed and resolution goes. If it were me I would stick with what I know works or get a model that has been around and proven for a while. No need to pay to be a guinea pig. Nothing against the Richo heads, they are used in the Mimaki JFX200 and work great, I just don't trust new systems right of the bat as a rule.

 

[signwizz]

What would you suggest to replace it with my dealer has a used vs 300 for 10,500 with set up and warranty or new 12.900 for sg 300

 

[signwizz]

thanks for the input will look at the show next weekend

 

[tim99]

I fell your pain my main board on the SP300V gave out a little over a month ago as well, in the end it would have costed me more to repair than the machine is worth..

I have a VG series them and the SG are fairly close and both the newer models. and i agree with what was said earlier, if I could have waited for another year before buying a machine i would have. Dont get me wrong the VG and i presume the SG as they are pretty close work great as you would expect from a new machine (so far) there is just some minor things they should have thought of before releasing.

The VS is already proven to be a work horse and all the little kinks already worked out. Just talk to your dealer. from my understanding the VS series is to be discontinued here soon. so i would imagine the parts market and support will be slowly fading out.